Photo Mechanic

Photo Mechanic, developed by Camera Bits, Inc., is a media browser tailored to the needs of professional photographers, including wedding photographers, photojournalists, event photographers, and portrait photographers. According to the vendor, this software offers a fast and efficient solution for viewing, organizing, managing, and exporting digital photos. It is designed to benefit companies of various sizes operating in the photography industry.

Key Features

Ingest: According to the vendor, Photo Mechanic automates the process of copying files from a memory card to the hard drive. It allows users to view image thumbnails while files are being copied and perform real-time culling, rating, and tagging. The software also supports simultaneous copying from multiple memory cards.

Edit: The Contact Sheet feature provides a quick and efficient way to view, edit, and organize image thumbnails. Photo Mechanic enables fast previewing of raw files without rendering delays. Users can add keywords using structured keyword lists for efficient organization. The software automatically includes EXIF camera data in metadata fields such as captions and keywords. Batch editing features allow for faster copying, deleting, tagging, watermarking, renaming, resizing, and adding IPTC metadata to multiple photos. File-management tools simplify moving, copying, and renaming files. Code Replacements feature saves time by allowing users to add entire sentences to captions with a few keystrokes. According to the vendor, GPS coordinates can be easily applied to photos using saved GPS tracking logs. In Photo Mechanic 6, users can automatically add city, state, and country names to metadata using GPS data. Capture dates and times can be adjusted to synchronize photos taken from multiple cameras.

Export: Photo Mechanic facilitates fast and direct file sending using the existing SMTP email server. Users can quickly upload photos to popular online services such as PhotoShelter, Zenfolio, Amazon S3, Flickr, and SmugMug. The software offers dynamic, pre-made gallery templates for creating web galleries. Additionally, users can archive images by burning them to CDs or DVDs directly from Photo Mechanic.